My students have finally begun working on our Raspberry Pi kits. We hit our first major roadblock with them where we do not have a way to represent 8 kits at the same time due to output issues, but we are making due with what we have in the classroom. We are currently doing one system at a time, learning the basics and will continue to grow with…Read More

We have finally received our fishing poles for my grant Hooked on Learning. We are very excited to begin learning our concepts using a new method of instruction.
We also have received our Raspberry Pi Machines for my grant: Coding: Easy as Pi to begin working on in our STEM class. I believe it will be a great lesson for my students and myself as…Read More

Students have begun creating a virtual reality game in our Computer Science class. We are currently using Unity and will hopefully have a finished project sometime in April. We are currently planning on implementing it onto Oculus Rift to see how it works in virtual reality.

My grant project “Virtual Reality Connection” has been a great learning process. My students have been successfully learning to code and hopefully very soon we will begin trying to implement coding to work for Virtual Reality. I have found it to be a learning curve when using VR in the classroom as there are so many things that can be done wit…Read More

My grant project “Geometrical Printing” has been very successful so far in my computer science class. I have had students really improve their creative skills when it comes to design. We have started out just creating things based off from the holidays within each month, but this month we are trying to go from creating a basic blueprint on paper…Read More

The understanding of exponents can be a tricky concept to teach mainly because the amount of rules that go along with it. To make it easier and a bit more exciting for my students I gave them the option to do a parody song to get a better understanding of exponents. This assignment alone has been something that my Algebra 1 students bring up…Read More

After getting to use the iPad in class, it has been great seeing students feel engaged with being able to teach the content within the classroom. Getting to see them enjoy being able to teach content within in the classroom make me feel we are creating the next generation of teachers!

I have received an iPad Pro with my grant. I have been able to assist students who have missed quite a bit due to illnesses and inclement weather with understanding concepts thanks to having a digital lesson plan that is available online for all of my students. I have noticed that a majority of students take their own notes, so they do not use…Read More

Hello, my name is Jeff Coots and this is currently my first year teaching. As we progress through education, technology becomes the centerpiece to our overall balance in passing knowledge and gaining knowledge. While we as a culture have found to embrace it, we still have many things to learn about the implementation of it within the classroom. By…Read More